Improvement in carriages



F. M. WATSON.

,Carriages.

Patented July 22,1873.

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FRANCIS M. WATSON, OF COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARRIAGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 141,190, dated July 22,1873; application filed December 18, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANcIs M. WATsoN, of Columbia, in the county ofMaury and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Carriages and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereonwhich form a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and use ofjointed jacks or couplings between the front head-block in front and thebody of the buggy, all of which will be hereinafter more fully setforth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, whichrepresents a perspective view of the body and part of the running-gearof a buggy with my improvements attached thereto.

A represents the seat of the buggy-body, from which the back B and thefront 0 extend in an inclined direction downward to their respectivesprings, leavingbetween them, and directly beneath the seat, a cut orwheelhouse, D, in which the front wheel passes in turning, thus enablingthe driver to turn in a very small space. E represents the headblockunder the front spring H. From at or near each end of this head-block acoupling or jack, G, provided with two joints at a, a, extends to theunder side of the front part (J of the buggy-body, and is secured to thesame at the points I) b. Similar couplings or jacks extend to the rearpart B of the buggy-body from the rear axle E. These jointed coup lingsform proper braces to the buggy, allowing the same to be drawn andthesprings to havefulhplay, as in ordinary perch buggies, but dispensingentirely' with the ordinary perch-pole. Ireprcsents the fifth-wheel, andJ the cross-bar connecting with the body by the springs b b. By thismeans the body is connected directly with the front axle, while the fullelasticity of the springs is obtained, and the body of the carriage isheld steady and prevented from rocking from side to side.

By this construction of the buggy it is made considerably lighter thanthe ordinary buggy and its cost materially reduced.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The spring H, head-block E,cross-bar J, front axle, and fifth-wheel I, connected with the body ofthe carriage through the medium of the coupling G a 12 arranged on eachside,

all constructed and combined as and for the 4,

purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS MARION WATSON.

Witnesses:

J. M. MAYES, J OHN W. MAYEs.

